Principles of international economic law /

Principles of international economic law /

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Author / Creator:Herdegen, Matthias.
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Description:xl, 493 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
International economic relations.
International law.
Foreign trade regulation.
Investments, Foreign (International law)
International finance -- Law and legislation.
Foreign trade regulation.
International economic relations.
International finance -- Law and legislation.
International law.
Investments, Foreign (International law)
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9038794
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ISBN:9780199579860 (cloth)
0199579865 (cloth)
9780199579877 (pbk.)
0199579873 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Table of International Cases
  • Table of International Treaties and Conventions
  • Table of National Legislation
  • Part I. Contents, History, and Structure of International Economic Law
  • I. The Law of International Economic Relations: Contents and Structure
  • 1. Understanding and Contents of International Economic Law
  • 2. The Interaction between International and Domestic Law
  • 3. The Interaction of Different National Laws
  • 4. Main Areas of International Economic Law
  • 5. The Relationship between International Economic Law and Economic Rationality
  • II. Past and Present of the International Economic Order
  • 1. The Historical Foundations of International Economic Law
  • 2. The Concerns of Developing Countries and the Call for a 'New Economic Order'
  • 3. The System of the World Trade Organization
  • 4. The Regional Integration of Markets
  • 5. Globalization of Economic Relations: Chances, Risks, and Asymmetries
  • III. The Actors of International Economic Law
  • 1. Subjects of International Law vs Actors in International Economic Relations
  • 2. States
  • 3. State Enterprises
  • 4. International Organizations
  • 5. Non-institutionalized Forums of Cooperation in Economic Relations
  • 6. International Inter-Agency Cooperation
  • 7. Non-governmental Organizations
  • 8. Private Corporations and Codes of Conduct for Transnational Corporations
  • IV. The Legal Sources of International Economic Law
  • 1. International Law as an Order of Transboundary Economic Relations
  • 2. The Law of the European Union
  • 3. International Agreements on Private Economic Transactions
  • 4. 'Transnational Law' and 'lex mercatoriaÆ
  • Part II. International Economic Law as an Order of Rules and Principles
  • V. Basic Principles of the International Economic Order
  • 1. States' Autonomy in Economic Choices
  • 2. Trade Liberalization: Reduction of Tariffs and Elimination of Non-Tariff Barriers
  • 3. Fair Treatment of Foreign Investors
  • 4. Non-discrimination
  • 5. Favourable Conditions for Developing Countries
  • 6. Sustainable Development
  • 7. Respect for Human Rights
  • VI. Sovereignty and International Economic Relations
  • 1. A Modern Concept of Sovereignty: Response to Globalization and Deference to Democratic Choices
  • 2. The Principle of Non-intervention
  • 3. State Immunity
  • 4. The Treatment of Foreign Persons
  • 5. Diplomatic Protection
  • 6. National Economic Law and its Extraterritorial Application
  • 7. Criteria for Exercising Jurisdiction: Legitimating Links
  • 8. The Extraterritorial Application of National Law
  • VII. Human Rights and International Economic Relations
  • 1. The Exploitation of Natural Resources
  • 2. Treaties on Economic Cooperation and Economic Integration
  • 3. The Impact and Liability of Transnational Corporations (TNC)
  • VIII. Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development
  • 1. Transboundary Impacts and Transboundary Harm
  • 2. Sustainable Development
  • 3. The Precautionary Principle
  • 4. Treaties on Pollution Control and on the Liability for Environmental Contaminations
  • 5. Treaties on the Protection of the Atmosphere and for Climate Protection
  • 6. Treaties on Biodiversity, Access to Genetic Resources, and Biosafety
  • 7. The Law of Biotechnology
  • IX. Good Governance-The Internal Structure of States and Global Economic Integration
  • 1. Standards of Good Governance
  • 2. Global Economic Integration: The Relevance of the Constitutional and Economic Order
  • X. Dispute Settlement
  • 1. Mechanisms of International Dispute Settlement
  • 2. International Commercial Arbitration
  • 3. Jurisdiction of National Courts
  • 4. Obtaining Evidence Abroad
  • 5. Service of Process, Recognition, and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
  • Part III. World Trade Law and Regional Trade Agreements
  • XI. History and Development of World Trade Law
  • 1. Development up to the Uruguay Round
  • 2. The Uruguay Round
  • 3. Post-Uruguay Perspectives and Challenges for the WTO System
  • XII. The World Trade Organization
  • 1. The WTO as Institutional Platform for Trade Relations
  • 2. Members
  • 3. Organs of the WTO
  • XIII. The Multilateral and the Plurilateral Agreements on Trade
  • 1. Multilateral and Plurilateral Trade Agreements: Concentric Circles
  • 2. The GATT 1994 and Related Trade Agreements
  • XIV. The GATT
  • 1. Objectives and Basic Principles
  • 2. Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment
  • 3. National Treatment
  • 4. General Exceptions (Article XX of the GATT) and Security Exceptions (Article XXI of the GATT)
  • 5. Safeguard Measures (Article XTX of the GATT)
  • 6. Waivers
  • 7. Burden of Proof
  • XV. The Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)
  • XVI. The Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
  • XVII. The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
  • 1. Scope and Relevance
  • 2. Telecommunication Services
  • 3. WTO Law and Financial Services
  • XVIII. The Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
  • 1. General Aspects
  • 2. Patent Rights
  • 3. The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Broader International Context
  • XIX. Subsidies and Anti-dumping Measures
  • 1. Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM Agreement)
  • 2. The Agreement on Agriculture
  • 3. Dumping and Anti-Dumping Measures
  • XX. Dispute Settlement in the WTO
  • XXI. WTO Law in Broader Perspective: The Interplay with Other Regimes of International Law
  • XXII. WTO Law in Domestic Law
  • XXIII. The Regional Integration of Markets
  • 1. Forms of Regional Market Integration (Free Trade Areas, Customs Unions, and Economic Communities)
  • 2. The Free Movement of Goods and Services in the European Union
  • 3. EFTA and the European Economic Area
  • 4. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
  • 5. Regional Integration in South America
  • 6. Regional Integration in Central America and the Caribbean
  • 7. Regional Integration in Asia and the Pacific
  • 8. Regional Integration in Africa
  • 9. Bilateral Trade Agreements of the European Union and of the United States
  • Part IV. International Business Law
  • XXIV. International Sales and Contract Law
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Rome Convention, the Rome I Regulation, and the Common European Law on Sales
  • 3. UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)
  • 4. Electronic Commerce
  • XXV. Letters of Credit
  • 1. Documentary Credit
  • 2. Standby Letters of Credit
  • XXVI. International Building and Construction Contracts
  • 1. FIDIC Manuals
  • 2. Long-term Contracts (BOT, BOO, BOOT, BLOT, BOTT)
  • XXVII. International Company, Competition, and Tax Law
  • 1. Relevance
  • 2. The Proper Law of a Corporation
  • 3. Recognition of Foreign Corporations and Deference to 'Home' Regulation
  • 4. EU Company Law: the Societas Europaea
  • 5. Corporate Governance
  • XXVIII. International Accounting Standards
  • XXLX. International Competition Law
  • 1. National and International Rules against Anti-Competitive Behaviour
  • 2. The Application of Competition Law and Extraterritorial Effects
  • 3. Bilateral Cooperation
  • 4. Convergences and Divergences between EU Competition Law and US Antitrust Law
  • XXX. International Tax Law
  • Part V. The International Law of Foreign Investment
  • XXXI. Foreign Investment in Practice
  • 1. Economic and Political Relevance
  • 2. Direct and Indirect Investment
  • 3. Investors
  • 4. The Control of Foreign Investment
  • XXXII. Customary International Law
  • 1. Customary Standards and Foreign Investment
  • 2. Expropriation and Compensation
  • 3. The Extraterritorial Effects of Expropriations
  • XXXIII. Concessions and Investment: Agreements between States and Foreign Companies
  • 1. Stabilization and Internationalization
  • 2. Concessions
  • XXXIV. Treaties on Investment Protection
  • 1. Bilateral and Multilateral Agreements on the Protection of Investments
  • 2. Personal Scope of Protection
  • 3. Protected 'Investments'
  • 4. Modem Standards of Investment Protection
  • 5. Dispute Settlement
  • XXXV. The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
  • XXXVI. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  • XXXVII. The Interplay of Investment Protection and Other Areas of International Law
  • Part VI. International Monetary Law and the International Financial Architecture
  • XXXVIII. International Monetary Law and International Economic Relations
  • 1. The Impact of Monetary Relations on International Trade and Business
  • 2. The Bretton Woods System and the Development of Currency Exchange Arrangements
  • 3. Currency Exchange Regimes
  • 4. Monetary Unions
  • 5. 'Eurodollars' and other Eurocurrencies
  • XXXTX. The International Monetary Fund: Objectives, Organization, and Functions
  • 1. Objectives
  • 2. Membership
  • 3. Organization
  • 4. Financing of the IMF
  • 5. IMF Members' General Obligations and the Surveillance of Exchange Rate Policies: Stability and Fair Competitive Conditions
  • 6. Convertibility of Currencies and Restriction of Exchange Controls
  • 7. Exchange Control Regulations and their Extraterritorial Effect
  • 8. Special Drawing Rights
  • 9. Use of the Fund's Financial Resources for Members in Economic Difficulties
  • XL. The World Bank and Other International Financial Institutions
  • 1. The World Bank Group
  • 2. Regional Development Banks
  • 3. The Bank for International Settlements
  • XLI. Debt Crises and State Insolvency
  • 1. The International Management of Debt Crises
  • 2. For Restructuring Sovereign Debt: The 'Paris Club' and the 'London Club'
  • 3. State Insolvency and International Law
  • XLII. International Regulation of the Banking Sector
  • 1. The Need for Enhanced Cooperation of Supervisory Authorities and for Harmonized Standards
  • 2. Supervisory Authorities and Macro-Prudential Oversight of the Financial System
  • 3. Global Regulatory Standards for Adequate Bank Capital and Risk Management: the Basel Accords
  • Index
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